Description
Inspect, diagnose, service, repair, and overhaul aircraft airframes, engines, and systems (hydraulic, pneumatic, fuel, electrical, environmental) to ensure airworthiness and compliance with regulations and manufacturer specifications.
- • Interpret maintenance manuals, service bulletins, and technical data to plan repairs or replacements.
- • Inspect completed work and certify aircraft return to service.
- • Document all preventive and corrective maintenance in logs and digital systems.
- • Perform scheduled, unscheduled, and special inspections per regulations.
- • Inspect landing gear, hydraulic, deice/anti-ice, and other components for leaks, cracks, or defects.
- • Check airframes and structures for wear, corrosion, and damage.
- • Maintain, repair, and overhaul airframes, engines, and system components (rigging, hydraulics, oxygen, fuel, electrical).
- • Check and adjust control cable tension and rigging.
- • Replace or repair defective parts using approved tools, gauges, and test equipment.
- • Measure parts and clearances with precision instruments.
- • Assemble and install mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and structural components and accessories.
- • Test engines and systems using approved test equipment and procedures.
- • Sample and analyze fuel and oil for contamination.
- • Reassemble engines and reinstall powerplants after inspection or repair.
- • Use pilot and crew reports to troubleshoot discrepancies.
- • Incorporate modifications and service bulletins using drawings, schematics, and engineering orders.
- • Fit and align repaired or replacement parts for riveting or welding.
- • Lay out and mark dimensions and reference lines on parts and structures.
- • Clean, strip, prime, and sand surfaces to prepare for bonding or finishing.
- • Flush systems, clean screens and filters, and lubricate moving parts.
- • Borescope engines or access internal areas; use hoists or lifts to remove powerplants when required.
- • Remove and install engines using hoists, slings, or forklifts.
- • Manage parts, tooling, and materials; inventory and requisition as needed.
- • Fabricate or repair parts and panels using sheet-metal equipment and hand tools.
- • Drill out defects or create access holes to reach internal damage.
- • Perform line service, including cleaning, refueling, and oil servicing.
- • Coordinate with peers, inspectors, and engineers to align heavy components and process repairs.
- • Trim, fit, and secure replacement skins or sections using adhesives and tools.
- • Clean engines, sumps, and screens; adjust fuel/air metering components as applicable.
- • Prepare and paint aircraft surfaces per specifications.
- • Mask and protect adjacent areas during repairs.
- • Detect corrosion, distortion, and cracks using visual and nondestructive inspection methods.
- • Disassemble engines and inspect hot-section and rotating parts with precision tools and NDT methods.
- • Determine repair limits and disposition for engine hot-section parts per manuals.
- • Cure bonded structures using approved heat/pressure equipment.
- • Perform operational checks and engine run-ups; listen for abnormal sounds to diagnose faults.
- • Support functional check flights and make in-flight adjustments when authorized.
- • Remove, inspect, repair, and install external fuel tanks and refueling components as applicable.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
